Your Morning Shot: July 2014

"Practice, and once you get into the lead and realize you're the guy in charge, you're in much better shape."

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James Shigeta

"I have never personally referred to myself as a star. When asked I always say, 'I'm an actor, a working actor.' I think the term 'star' is a vastly overused expression. That term has been used in reference to me but it is not of my own choice."

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Peter Jennings

"I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people."

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Gram Parsons

"Billboards and truck stops pass by the grievous angel, and now I know just what I have to do."

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Stevie Wonder

"Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall."

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Warren Beatty

"Shoot. Your. Load. Because life ain't gonna wait."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

"I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got."

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Arnold Palmer

"I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win."

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James Garner

"I don’t take success very well, because I know it’s fleeting. And the next day, it can all fall apart. I know that, too. So I don’t get too high – and I don’t get too low. You get through the world a lot easier that way."

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Nelson Mandela

"There is no passion to be found playing small, in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."

Mick Jagger

"My secrets must be poetic to be believable."

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Sidney Poitier

"Of all my father's teachings, the most enduring was the one about the true measure of a man. That true measure was how well he provided for his children, and it stuck with me as if it were etched in my brain."

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Truman Capote

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

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**Pierre Cardin **

"Luxury is needing nothing more than a pencil, piece of paper, and a place to sleep."

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**Big Daddy Kane **

"I speak clearly so you can understand / Put words together like Letter Man / Now that's dictation, proceeding to my innovation / Not like the other MC's that are an imitation."